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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States government forcibly removed more than 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast and imprisoned them in desolate detention camps until the end of World War II just because of their race. Here Kamei weaves the voices of individuals who lived through this tragic episode, most of them as children and young adults. They tell the story of their incarceration and the long-term...
Author
Publisher
CityFiles Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1942 more than 109,000 Japanese Americans, including 70,000 U.S. citizens, were picked up and sent to incarceration centers, most for the duration of the war. It was the shame of America-- and it was documented on film. Cahan and Williams provide a visual history which includes interviews with many of the people reflecting on their experiences.
Author
Publisher
Brick Tower
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Hayami was a student from Los Angeles who attended high school at the Heart Mountain Concentration Camp in Wyoming. Hayami left Heart Mountain in June 1944 to join the U.S. Army and was killed in combat in Northern Italy on 23 Apr. 1945, while trying to help a fellow soldier. He was nineteen years old.
Author
Publisher
Conquistador Publications
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"They swooped in from above, dropping bombs on German trains, tanks and munitions depots, then strafing whatever was left with their four 50-caliber machine guns under each wing. They were the P-47 Thunderbolts flown by the Hell Hawks of the 365th Fighter Group. One of those Hell Hawks was First Lieutenant Edward J. Lopez, a young Latino pilot from Los Angeles. This is his story, from his days as a scamp sneaking into Hollywood's movie palaces, to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present a biography of Yamato Ichihashi, a Stanford University professor who was one of the first academics of Asian ancestry in the United States. The second is to present, through Ichihashi's wartime writings, the only known comprehensive first-person account of internment life by one of the 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry who, in 1942, were sent by the U.S. government to "relocation centers," the...
Author
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
Lane Hirabayashi examines the case of the late Dr. Tamie Tsuchiyama. Drawing from personal letters, ethnographic fieldnotes, reports, interviews, and other archival sources, The Politics of Fieldwork describes Tsuchiyama's experiences as a researcher at Poston, Arizona - a.k.a. The Colorado River Relocation Center. The book relates the daily life, fieldwork methodology, and politics of the residents and researchers at the Poston camp, as well as providing...
Author
Publisher
ChinMusic Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Japanese Americans complied when evicted from their homes in World War II, but many refused to submit to imprisonment in American concentration camps without a fight. For the first time, three of their stories are woven into one narrative. Includes the stories of Jim Akutsu, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, and Mitsuye Endo.
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